#VU9460 Denial of service in libcurl - CVE-2017-8818

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#VU9460 Denial of service in libcurl - CVE-2017-8818

Published: November 30, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9460
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8818
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libcurl
Software vendor:
curl.haxx.se

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to too little memory is allocated for interfacing to an SSL library. A remote attacker can trigger a memory allocation error in SSL-related code and cause the application to crash.


Remediation

Update to version 7.57.0.

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